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rEM 5 OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVIII
NAACP Sunday Mass Meeting
Attracts Overflow Audience
SCENES AT NAACP MASS
MEETING-—Three of the above
photos were taken during
mass meeting held
March 27 at Greater St. James
AME church on East
street. The meeting was spon¬
sored by the local chapter
theTNAACP to discuss the stu¬
dent '‘Sit-Down’’
tions at lunch counters in
National Library Week to be
Observed at Savannah State College
YMCA to Present Jimm>
Crown at Dinner Meet j
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JIMMY BROWN
The Savannah Touchdown • inb
sponsored hy the adult prof.rant
committee of the W*-;,l Broad
Street YMCA will pr,- cut Jimmy
Brown, one of professional fool
ball’s all-time stars and an All
American at Syraeu .<• Uni •
as the speaker at the first amm., 1
dinner, brainy, April 2:<, K:«m»
at the V. The cost of the dinner
will be $1.50 per plate.
Brown is a member of the mar
keting staff of the l’ep:-i C-da
Company of New York and i cm
ployed on a year round Ohms.
Brown, an All American at Syra-
cure in 1057, first drew the at-
t,.nton of the sports world at
Manhasset High School, Long Is-
land, where he was an all round
athlete. At Syracuse, he starred
in basketball, track arid
in addition to football. He
named rookie of the year in his
first season of professional
ball in 1057.
Brown was awarded the
Thorpe trophy for being chosen
1 the outstanding athlete in the
auattuah SHlror
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town store.-,.
Upper left photo shows W. W.
Law, state and local NAACP
president < left» shaking hands
with Hosea Williams, acting
chairman of the local NAACP
legal redress committee.
Bottom left photo shows plat¬
form guests singing the Nation¬
al Anthem.
Bottom right photo shows W.
t TT’ti 1958. The Associated Press
j i Tiled Dress, International and j
| Sporting News also cited Brown |
i the outstanding player in 1D5H. j
Brown will ho honored at the
Savannah Touchdown (-l.nb’s an-
nnal dinner with the presentation
- * the 5 MCA Achievement Award,
ilonoitd also on this occasion w^ll
he the chajppion hip basketball I
*• si .jf Savannah State College,
the It inpUn Jlij'h School teams,
f i*y champions in football and
hr* kethall, the Liberty County
j 1 ItSi-'h' .school boys and ^itls VI. basket- j
hall champions in region
j 200 tickets will be available for |
j the dinner the West Broad j
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j .Sfreet YMC/ •
; Temporary officers for the Sa- j
: vannali touchdown Ciub are as j
follow Joseph Tompkins Turner, High athletic School, j
director
president; Frank Simmons, athle-1 [
tie director, Alfred E. Beach High
School, first vice-president;
Myles, athletic director, Sol C..
Johnson High School, second vice- j
(ContmueU on Page Five)
W. Law and Dr. C. >R. Jordan,
local NAACP treasurer,
they told the audience that they
went to school together, play¬
ed together, and now they are
working for freedom together.
Upper right photo shows Mr.
Law carrying a picket sign in
front of Woolworth’s store. The
sign reads “Liberty and Justice
For All ? ? ?" < »,
to Meet
n Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM —.1, It.
Radio Station owner,
leader, is scheduled
the main speaker at the
of the annual Omega
Fraternity’s seventh
e el for April 14-11> in
R, Halt memorial auditorium
Smith and Gaston building.
II" will speak at the program
7 p.m. Friday, April 15.
grand kdrpcr of
the fr;il<*rnity, will be the
ropre ontafive of the
The d>: fricl meeting will
rcy.is* < al<on ;»1 I p.m.
April 11. Ilelcjrates will
in the A. (1. (insion
all meH in/ r will be Imld in
dedicated A. (j.
Ibdofc'af,'are expected from
15 chapters located
"C cHfnpii:-T,; and in cities
slab*-;, namely
pla, and
The district talent hunt is
Thursday. ,
ffepoi» v will he presented by
I. FI if.ford, professor at A
t Ini verity, who i
the di t.ricf scholarship
and Kmory O. Jackson,
of the di; trict social
Mi -11 ee.
Officer include Hr. T. J.
Montgomery, district
R icrt L Jennings,
e Fla., fii ’t vice rli
repre ntative; Donald
of Miami, indent at
;e (holiest , second vice
j'gnreseMtative.
Dr. ,J. K Carter, Jr., of
- ' district keeper of
1,ld 1 president ^ of the
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tonal Dental Association; and
Thomas, district marshal),
Planned social events include
net acquainted party
night; Omega’s formal dance
day night, and varied
from the co-operating
sororities.
Chapter officers include A.
Green, basileus; Mr. O’Neal,
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SAVANNAH. GEORGIA SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1000
A gregarious group of some
2,500 persons, several hundred of
which filled standing room
spaces inside and outside the
main auditorium of the Greater
St. James AME church, attend¬
ed the NAACP mass meeting
Sunday, and unanimously en¬
dorsed a two-fold boycott
against local stores.
First: Continue to honor pick- j
et lines by not entering any I
of the following stores which I
j discriminate against Negroes: j
j Levy's Department Store, Wool-
'worth, McCrary's Grants, Sit-j
vers, Kress, Livingston and)
Walgreen Drug stores.
Second: Irrespective of tradi¬
tion, and this applies, especial¬
ly, to women and mothers, with¬
hold purchases of Easter cloth¬
ing from any store with the cx-
ceptfon of those stores employ-
ing Negro salespersons. This
idea was put forth hy Hosea
Williams, a member of the N
A A. C P. legal redress com¬
mittee, who further stated. “We
have two great, allies in our
fight for equal rights. These
are our money and our vote."
As an additive to the newi
economic embargo againstl
stores, W W Law pointed up
that lunch counters were not:
enough to satisfy the Negro.
We want restrooms and drink¬
ing fountains that any custom¬
er may enter or feel free to use,
and if they build additional
restrooms for Negroes now, they
are too late. It. was also mention¬
ed that approximately 39 % of
sales purchases are made by
Negroes and we are growing
weary of making purchases from
“lily-white" business establish¬
ments.
The highly* responsive audi¬
1 ence gave thunderous applause
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Hr. Virginia Lacy Jones, Speaker
On Thursday, April 7, a Nat
ional Library Week Convocation
will be held at Savannah State
College, during the regular all-
college assembly. At that time.
Dr. Virginia l.aey June: will op
pear as the speaker for the occa¬
sion.
National Library Week ia spon¬
sored jointly by the National Book
Committee, Incorporated and the
American Library Association.
Tbe purpose of the week is to
encourage lifetime reading habits.
Since 1545, Dr. Jones has been
the Dean of the School of Library
Service at. Atlanta University A
highly respected member of the
Library profession, Dr, Jones has
held many important positions in
the American Library Association.
Dr. J one;.' topic will he “Chal¬
lenges of Librarianship in the
Space Age."
Tbe Savannah State College
Library will present a half hour
radio program on Station WSOK,
Wednesday, Apn! 6, at 11:00 a.m.
The purpose of the program is to
emphasize the significance of Nat¬
ional Library Week. E. J. Josey,
librarian, Savannah State College,
will act as moderator for the dis¬
cussion. Participating librarians
and t.heir topics are as follows:
Miss Madeline G. Harrison, Cata¬
loging Librarian, Savannah State
College, "The Significance of Nat¬
ional Library Week to the College
GuiRiiiUed oil Page Seven)
to the twenty-five student
downers as they were
ed; and listened, with intense
concern, as Hosea Williams
lightened them on the
ent picket lines and
al lunch counter
which were both staged at
town chain stores
March 26th. There were
arrests; however, two
ant Incidents were cited
white boy, reportedly,
a sign from one of the youth-
ful picket,or., and tore it,
bits, while a city
stood by, gleefully, and wltness-
ed this occurrence One youth,
Legree Burke, was slugged by a
white man and refused to re¬
turn the blow. The non-vio¬
lent attitudes and wistful alert¬
ness of these youngsters were
cheered and lughJy praised
the massive throng.
Following this account, ad¬
ditional volunteers were obtain¬
ed for picket duty and a display
was made of signs such as “Is
our money separate?" and “Are
liberty and Justice white only?"
A committee was formed to
dlr ct . the .. , boycott ^ and Charles ,
Dal f " y P resident of th ®. ? AACP
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voulh * rou P’ S ave a brlef mes ”
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During the course of the mo¬
mentous session, local ministers
present, who were seated on and
around the platform, were ad¬
duced as being positive support¬
ers of thp program and as lay¬
men and advisers to their re¬
spective congregations An
interesting mention was made
concerning the initiative taken
on the part, of some members
of the “House of Prayer for All
People” to ignore the advice of
their minister to refrain from
taking a part in the “sit-ins"
or related programs.
On Saturday evening, a free¬
dom fund drive was launched
netting Over $565. Local t rea¬
surer, Dr" Carl Raid:in Jordan,
estimated that more than $1,500
was collected at Sunday’s meet¬
ing, exclusive of additional
memberships. This figure can
be attributed to an on the spot
collection and numerous contri¬
butions from local churches, or-
ganisatlons and anonymous do¬
nors.
Before the concju.sion of the
meeting, the young people, in
a cheering manner, declared W.
W Law as t.heir leader. How¬
ever, Mr. Law responded by say¬
ing, “A thing like this doesn’t
go to my head. I know that
those who are cheering me to¬
day, could he waiting for me
with brickbats next week. And
I’ll ia: ready for them.”
It, was annoimct d that tl e
next -mass meeting will be held
Sunday, April 3, at the First
Tabernacle Baptist church, 310
Alice street. The highlight of
this meeting will be a discussion
on “How to Double the Negro
Vote la Chatham County."
Y Teens Start
Membership Drive
Members of various local V Teen
Club tiave incorporated a Mem
her hip Drive with their annual
Potato Chip Sale which i now in
progress.
The Y-Teen who add3 twenty-
five (25) or more new members
to hn dub will receive an
quisite piece of jewelry Tor a
group prize, the Y-Teen Club that
increases its in embers it t p to
severity five (75) or more girls is
in for a treat too. Every mem¬
ber of the winning club will re¬
ceive theatre tickets and will be
able to choose the East Side or the
Dunbar Theatre to enjoy a movie.
This intensive Membership Drive
will terminate on April 4, the -amo
date which will end the Potato
Chip Sale.
Relatives, friends, and interest¬
ed people throughout the, commun¬
ity are asked to support the young¬
er members of the Young Women’.'
Christian Association so that
may do a niperio. job during
campaign.
Who Will He "Miss Jabberwock”?
Each of *Uih wiiisoine
pictured aimvo ha i tu i eye,,
the covet,-,I "Mi 1
crown. Who will win the
The answer will bo known
the contest closes
April 20.
Seated in group picture, with
Mayor’s Di-Racial Committee
NAACP
At Sunday’s mass meeting, a
mention of Mayor Mingledorff’s
bi-mMal committee drew rash
criticism from the local chapter
officials of tbe NAACP, which ap¬
pear'd to he htghly ‘-auctioned by
the group present W W.. Law,
local president, characterized this
committee an having a nefarious
purpose. As a warning note, he
said to the huge gathering. “Don't
allow it to divide ua- Don't, hitch
your wagon to a star which will
never go into orbit."
Shortly slier the mayor so
nounced bis plan to form such a
committee consisting of Negroes
and whites on ;m equitable b;*
sis, Hie NAACP submitted the
following list, to Mayor
Mjngledorff a;-, possible candidates
for consideration: J. S, Delaware,
Rev. Curtis Jackson, Rev. L
Scott Stall, Jr . Dr. Carl R. Jor
dun, Rev. P. A, Patterson, Cody
Thomas, Hosea L. Williams, Mrs.
/■mnn7,\t; COMMITTEE —
nil teacher* are shown in a |
planning c iion for the state con¬
vention of Georgia Tearlier* and i
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Education A oeiation to be held j
in Savannah on April 6, 7 and 3 J
Seated left to right Daniel i
Washington, Mis Ellen W Wilson,
chairman of muvenir kit*; Mr*,
llettir F. Copeland, Mrs Ola B
Dingle, president, Chatham Coun¬
G.T.E.A. to Hold 42 nd Annual
Convention Here Next Week
By DANIEL W. WRIGHT
Encompa ini; the genetal
“Pursuit of Excellence" the Geor
gia Teachers and Education
ciation, compost'd of
8,000 Negro teachers
the stale, will h<>!0 it 4?.nd an
nual convention in Savannah,
6, 7 and 8. Savannahian;
preparing to make this the two: *
successful convention in the
nals of Georgia education.
During the morning hour
Thursday, April 7, busine:.-.
be devoted to the following
partment and committee meetings:
Classroom teachers, Mrs, Ruth W
Pick en.s, president;
Price 10c
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president of the Savannah Alum-
j uae Chapter, Mrs. Sadio Steele
| left- to n « ht) right, ' the Gloria constant. Gold-
are
wii'f, ilyadnthia Becton, Jo Ann
Jones, and Barbara Ann Wilhite,
Barbara Coleman, another contest¬
ant. i shown in single picture at
right of group.
Jessie Lee Stall, Mr*. Beesie
Adams, Sherman Lee Roberson
Dr. J, W Jamerson,
D. Jaudon and Leford
Because the above mentioned
names were ignored, Law further
stated: “The mayor has made it.
clear what he expects of the com¬
mittee, and it grieves us deeply.
He has mid that people need to
become aware of what the city ia
doing. U seems that everybody
is aware of what the city Is do¬
ing except the mayor himself The
people on the committee have
shown they would prefer to sit
down nl Lily Hull than at a lunch
counter. Committeemen of our
selection would not be mistaken
for janitors or porters.” .This
discourse drew laughter from the
audience.
The committee, headed by the
mayor, which drew the blasting
iContinued on Page Five)
Teacher* Association; Mrs
Nancy H Walker,
committee; Daniel W
Wright, director of public rela-
tion: , Edward Williams, Jr., co
housing committee.
fhelma DeVeaux, member of hous-
mg committee; Miss Barbara L.
Burk 0 , chairman of
Standing—left to right
Carolyn Kirkland, chairman,
Harold Stinson, president Jeanes ,
■■upervi ..or s, Mrs. Ada Price,
pic ident; Higher Education, Dr.
E. K. Williams, president; Librar¬
ian:, Mr*. Helen Burnette, presi¬
dent; Retired Teachers, G. F.
Rivet , pre blent; Guidance and
Counseling, C. M. Ashmore, presi¬
dent; Vocational Educational, E.
F. Parrish, president; Visiting
Teachers, Ed war V. Fletcher
president. Dr. W. H. Dennis will
culminate the day’s activities with
an address in the evening.
The candidacy of several aspir¬
ant: to execute offices in the
Georgia Teachers and Education
Association has been announced us
NUMBER 2«
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BARBARA COLEMAN
Interdenominational
Ministers Alliance
Endorses “Sit-Down’
Movement
The Interdenominational Min¬
isters’ Alliance of Savannah, at
Its regular March mbeting.
voted wholehearted support 'of
the sit-in movement now in
progress throughout the South.
The ministers decided upon
this stand after much discus¬
sion of the religious, moral, le¬
gal and social implications in¬
volved.
committee; Norman B. F.lmoi •>,
past, director, Region II; Mrs.
Olivia Golden, Miss Ms ip Merit*
Wright, president, C l a i s room
Teachers Association;- Mrs. Kath¬
leen Scruggs, Mr*. Janie Bov.-i ;
Mrs, Minnie S, Wallace, Mr .
Clynetta F Marcus; Mrs. Inna t.
Field*. Jeanes Supervisor; Willie
I l(eid,.chatimai), housing commit¬
tee.
follows: IL E Ta,te, vice presi¬
dent; James C. Reese, vice pre i-
dent; Farris T. Johnson, vice
president; C. E. Stanley, v
president; Frank Robinson, trra •
urer; Homer T. Edward;, trea -
urer and R J. Martin, treasurer.
National Library Week will be
observed in all schools April
The theme for the week is: “Open
Wonderful New Worlds—Wake Up
and Read".
In order to accomplish the va-t
amount of work necessary to stag¬
ing the I960 convention the fob
lowing committees were utilizedt
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